Given name

Alecto

Alecto is used as a given name.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

An origin associated with this spelling is Greek.

The story

In mythological stories, Alecto is associated with one of the Furies.

Alecto’s family of names

Alecto has a related form in Alecta. Alecto has a related form in Alekto.

Walk Alecto’s family in the name graph

AlectoAlectaAlekto

The ring: nicknames and forms.

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Nicknames & forms 2

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Similar names

If you love Alecto, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

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“having great cunning”

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Manto

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>99% girls

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Alcyone

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>99% girls

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Adrasteia

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>99% girls

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Ocypete

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>99% girls

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Eurynome

No U.S. birth series

>99% girls

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Erinyes

No U.S. birth series

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Alecto’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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